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all (ɔːl Pronunciation for all ) 

Definitions

determiner

    1. the whole quantity or amount of; totality of; every one of a class ⇒ all the rice, all men are mortal
    2. (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) ⇒ all of it is nice, all are welcome
    3. (in combination with a noun used as a modifier) ⇒ an all-ticket match, an all-amateur tournament, an all-night sitting
  2. the greatest possible ⇒ in all earnestness
  3. any whatever ⇒ to lose all hope of recovery, beyond all doubt

  4. See above all

  5. See after all

  6. See all along

  7. See all but

  8. See all of

  9. See all over

  10. See all in

  11. See all in all

  12. See all that

  13. See all the

  14. See all too

  15. See and all

  16. See and all that

  17. See as all that

  18. See at all

  19. See be all for

  20. See be all that

  21. See for all

  22. See for all that

  23. See in all

adverb

  1. (in scores of games) apiece; each ⇒ the score at half time was three all
  2. completely ⇒ all alone

  3. See be all …

noun

  1. preceded by my, your, his, etc (one's) complete effort or interest ⇒ to give your all, you are my all
  2. totality or whole

related prefixes

pan-, panto-

Word Origin

Old English eall; related to Old High German al, Old Norse allr, Gothic alls all

Synonyms

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= the whole amount, everything, the whole, the total, the sum, the total amount, the aggregate, the totality, the sum total, the entirety, the entire amount, the complete amount
= every, each, every single, every one of, each and every
= the whole lot, every one, each and every one
= each and every one, each one, every one, the whole lot
= complete, greatest, full, total, perfect, entire, utter
= completely, totally, fully, entirely, absolutely, altogether, wholly, utterly

all-

Definitions

combining form

  1. a variant of allo-

allo- or before a vowel all-

Definitions

combining form

  1. indicating difference, variation, or opposition ⇒ allopathy, allomorph, allophone, allonym

Word Origin

from Greek allos other, different

Translations for 'all'

  • British English: allPronunciation for all You use all to talk about everything, everyone, or the whole of something.Did you eat all of it?ɔːl DETERMINER
  • Arabic: جَمِيعPronunciation for جَمِيع
  • Brazilian Portuguese: todoPronunciation for todo toda
  • Chinese: 所有的Pronunciation for 所有的
  • Croatian: savPronunciation for sav sva
  • Czech: veškerýPronunciation for veškerý
  • Danish: allePronunciation for alle
  • Dutch: allePronunciation for alle
  • European Spanish: todoPronunciation for todo toda
  • Finnish: kaikkiPronunciation for kaikki
  • French: toutPronunciation for tout tous
  • German: allePronunciation for alle
  • Greek: όλοςPronunciation for όλος όλη
  • Italian: tuttoPronunciation for tutto tutta
  • Japanese: できるかぎりのPronunciation for できるかぎりの
  • Korean: 모든Pronunciation for 모든
  • Norwegian: allPronunciation for all alt
  • Polish: wszelkiPronunciation for wszelki
  • Portuguese: tudoPronunciation for tudo
  • Romanian: tot
  • Russian: весьPronunciation for весь вся
  • Spanish: todoPronunciation for todo toda
  • Swedish: allPronunciation for all allthela
  • Thai: ทั้งหมดPronunciation for ทั้งหมด
  • Turkish: bütünPronunciation for bütünhepsi
  • Ukrainian: все
  • Vietnamese: toàn bộPronunciation for toàn bộ
  • British English: allPronunciation for all You use all to talk about everything, everyone, or the whole of something.We make our own hair-care products, all based on herbal recipes.ɔːl PRONOUN
  • Arabic: كُلّPronunciation for كُلّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: todosPronunciation for todos todas
  • Chinese: 大家Pronunciation for 大家
  • Croatian: sviPronunciation for svi
  • Czech: všechnoPronunciation for všechno
  • Danish: allePronunciation for alle
  • Dutch: allemaalPronunciation for allemaal
  • European Spanish: todoPronunciation for todo toda
  • Finnish: kaikkiPronunciation for kaikki
  • French: toutPronunciation for tout tous
  • German: allesPronunciation for alles
  • Greek: όλοςPronunciation for όλος όλη
  • Italian: tuttiPronunciation for tutti
  • Japanese: 全部Pronunciation for 全部
  • Korean: 모두Pronunciation for 모두
  • Norwegian: fullstendigPronunciation for fullstendig
  • Polish: wszystkoPronunciation for wszystko
  • Portuguese: todosPronunciation for todos todas
  • Romanian: tot toți, toate
  • Russian: всеPronunciation for все
  • Spanish: todoPronunciation for todo toda
  • Swedish: allPronunciation for all
  • Thai: ทุกคนPronunciation for ทุกคน
  • Turkish: hepsiPronunciation for hepsi
  • Ukrainian: всі
  • Vietnamese: tất cảPronunciation for tất cả

Example Sentences Including 'all'

Biotech shares across the globe have struggled in the wake of an investor backlash against all types of technology stocks.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
From now on he must acknowledge as supreme the mysterious world of the Dreaming from which all things flow.
James Cowan ABORIGINE DREAMING: Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia (2002)
Talks on extending the current agreement, due to expire in December concluded at dawn yesterday in agreement with all the unions involved.
Irish Times (2002)
The Edinburgh's recent Bartok series - all six of his quartets, interwoven with the six that form Haydn's Opus 76 - was a success.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
The recent run of mild winters is likely to lead to generations of stoats that stay brown all year.
Country Life (2004)
Then just as I was about to leave, he seemed to sober up a bit and suddenly came over all apologetic.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
Then there was the letter signed by all the academics that I was supposed to have delivered.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)
They can't have been much encouraged either by the way they then managed to resume knocking the ball around to no effect at all.
Irish Times (2002)
They must have hosed down the body or something because her hair was all wet and combed back.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)

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